July 1 2013

Hi all,

what a weekend!!!

Gym on Friday, gym on Saturday morning, dinner out with friends on Saturday followed by cocktails with friends, meeting R and all going to a gig (for more drinks) and great music!!

Sunday was me lazing about watching WAY TOO MUCH TV and then making dinner in time for R coming home from work.

My life rocked this weekend :-)

The Wondervillians

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April 21 2013

Today I had decided to go to pump class. I checked the gym timetable for when it started, got there on time to discover the timetable was wrong and the class was nearly over. :-(

I did a workout in the gym anyway but my heart wasn't in it.

I came home, pottered about the house. Baby girl made sandwiches for lunch. Then we went to the cinema to watch The great and powerful Oz. I think they both enjoyed it. I had seen it before.

Then home again. I made dinner we ate at the table together, as we usually do. R cleaned up and we watched a bit of TV before bed.

Do u eat dinner together at the table? Do u eat as a family or does everyone do their own thing?

I like that we eat together. We chat about our day. We consider the pit and the peak and share things that have happened.

It's nice to know we have this time to talk.

I have always tried to have family time at the dinner table. It encouraged baby girl to eat properly when she was younger. Making it easier for her to eat in restaurants too.

It always made time that she knew we could talk without TV interruptions. I would listen to her tales about school. She would listen to my tales about work. Now R joins in telling stories and sharing tales about his day.

It's an important part of our day.

If u don't do it yet, give it a try. Your family will luv it. Eventually.

April 14 2013

It was sunny today. It wasn't warm. But at least the sun was out. It was so good to see it.

R was teaching archery today. I went with him. Then we did some grocery shopping. Then we came home. He cleaned up the kitchen. I cleaned up the living room and hall. Then I made dinner.

After dinner we watched Dr Who.

Then it was bedtime.

April 13 2013

Have u ever had a day that just feels good? You had nothing to do but still managed to get loads done?

Well today I had one of those days.

I was at the gym early today and worked out hard. Then I went food shopping. I bought a new pair of jeans for myself. R came home and we went second hand shopping. But didn't buy anything. Then we visited his parents. We came home. I made dinner. R put the new curtains up in the living room. We had dinner with baby girl. We had cake. With cream. And custard. Then we watched some TV. Now it's bedtime. Not bad for a day when I thought I had nothing to do!

March 26 2013

It is payday today. Whoop whoop.

We went shopping. Baby girl got new clothes and a pair of boots.

Then we went for dinner. Boy is still at our house.

Then me and boy went to the cinema and watched 'Stolen'. Not sure about it. It was good. But not brilliant.

We walked home. Watched a bit of TV. Then R came home. He has been working late these past few nights. I feel like I haven't seen him.

Is it sad I miss my husband when he works late? I miss baby girl when she's not here too. I must love them or something ;-)

We are all in bed now. It's after midnight. I am tired but can't sleep. I suppose that's a good thing. I get to write this. :-)

I still don't think I have found my voice on here. I am not sure what I want to write about, how much I want to share, whether or not anyone is actually reading and if they aren't, do I care about that?

I read a few blogs and my favourite ones are people based, they talk about their lives. I like the pretty pictures but they aren't the ones I go to first, so if I am to be the kind of blog I would want to read I should share a little more of my life and feelings.

But do I want to? Does anyone care?

March 19 2013

I got out of work early today and went to the local tech to get my nails done. They were raising money for breast cancer. That's a great cause. So I was happy to get my nails painted pink and donate a tenner for it. We should all do what we can to help those less fortunate.

I came home and baby girl made dinner.

So yeah it was a great day.

March 13 2013

Hi all,

I went to see Oz today, have you seen it yet?  Me and a friend went to see it in 3D and I highly recommend it.  It was funny, a little scary and the 3D effects were AMAZING!!

Beforehand we went out for dinner.  I had garlic bread to start, then enchilados, then cheescake for afters, yummy.  She had chicken wings to start, the spaghetti bolognaise, then chocolate cake.  Neither of us actually ate our afters, but brought them home with us.

After the movie we went to a local bar for a drink, and then we were home for ten!  My kind of night!!

March 6 2013

I was at the gym again today. I haven't been since Saturday. I could tell by how hard it was to do stuff! Not a good thing at all.

We did Zumba then tabata circuits. That was a TOUGH class! Circuits on a 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, repeat four times then change kinda thing!

Really not sure I wanna go back next week. But I probably will. I want this. I want to be fit.

But not enough to give up nice food. R went to the shop and bought me cream buns when he got home from archery. I am spoiled. :-)

Baby girl made dinner too.

Today was a great day.

February 26 2013

This is not getting any easier.  I have to be honest here, I figured that at this point I would be used to writing my wee blog post of an evening.  I thought that enough good things would happen in my day that I could easily find things to write about.  And good things do happen to me, it just seems that so many of those pesky good things happen that I don't have the time to post!!

What a problem to have!  I tell you, I am not really complaining here.  I know my life is sweet.

We went out for tea tonight.  It was baby girl's birthday boxing day.  Whats that I hear you ask?  Well in order to prolong a birthday celebration we decided that there should be a birthday eve and a birthday boxing day.  Great idea, yes??

So we went out for a family tea, just me, baby girl and R.  It was lovely and we stuffed our faces.

Not sure it really helped my getting fit, but sure it only happens once per year!!

Another thing that happened was I got my second weighin and measurement check at the gym.  I have now lost 6 kilos and 9 3/4 inches off my body.  I am retty darn proud.  The girl at the gym gave me this whole lecture about how I have put on muscle mass and thats why my weight hasnt gone down a lot, but I am not worried.  9 3/4 inches!!  Thats pretty amazing.

Bikini body here I come.  (next year) (maybe)

PS Sorry I am late, again.

February 9 2013

Today was a luvly day. I slept late (10.30) then walked to the shop, had breakfast, watched tv then went to the gym for an hour.

When R came home from work we went to pick up boy.

Then me, R, baby girl and boy went for dinner at Blue Chicago Grill, and we went to see Warm Bodies. I read the book last week and baby girl finished it the day after me. We enjoyed the book. I thought the film was pretty good too.

Dinner was gorgeous. I had chicken strips and baby back ribs and big chunky chips.

R had a Hawaiian burger and French fried onion rings.

Baby girl was good and had a chicken wrap.

Boy had a burger and chunky chips.

Then three of us had desert.

I had strawberry pavlova. R had chocolate fudge cake. Boy had double chocolate muffin. And they all came with ice cream.

Scrummy.

We then went to visit R's parents.

Now we are home. Watching Enchanted on DVD and about to open a bottle of Moët. I am a lucky girl.

I hope your day was just as good as mine.